[Thinkpad] Has the Inevitable Started?

[Baz]

On Dec 24, 2007 8:46 AM,  <eletourneau at verizon.net> wrote:
> In <00a901c84641$035882d0$0a098870$@com>, on 12/24/2007
>    at 07:24 AM, "Dan Galender" <thinkpad at galender.com> said:
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> >In a recent post having a subject line of "T61 14 screen with DOS only",
> >Jeffrey Race commented on the unacceptable keyboard.
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> >I recently received my 7th ThinkPad, a T61p, and for the first time ever,
> >I don't like the keyboard.  Usually it's one of the things I like best
> >about ThinkPads, but this one feels more cheap and more plastic-y (I know
> >it mostly is, but in the past they didn't feel like this).  This may
> >sound crazy but when I type on it, it has a different sound to it.  It's
> >louder and it has hollow-like sound to it--much less solidly put together
> >than in the past, or at least that's how it feels to me.  My most recent
> >previous machine was a T60p from a year and a half ago (just when Lenovo
> >started coming out with machines without the IBM logo on it--mine did
> >have it) and it was just fine--not like this one.
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> >Is this what we can expect from here on out?  Is it time to start looking
> >at other vendors?  Is there anyone else who has noticed this or feels the
> >same way?
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> I think this was to be expected, however, remember a machine like the
> TP600 cost $4000.  The T61 can be had for $1200 to $2000.  You can't have
> a great price and the same quality as before.
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This was expected because of the take-over?  If so, what a shame.  My
next machine will be a MacBook.

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